Do you think you have it bad? Read this article about Thomas L. Cook, who died at 54 when he was fatally hit by a car. He may have been the most…
Smoking Gun: Rumsfield memo on torture…I mean interrogation methods
Smoking Gun has found series Memos Detail U.S. Interrogation Methods. Rumsfield is asked to approve certain interrogation methods, including the removal of clothing, using dogs to intimidate inmates, and “the use of…
WEAR reports Escambia Co. has bad roads…duh
WEAR TV reporter Greg Neumann reported last night that Escambia County has bad roads and Hurricane Ivan didn’t help. According to the Neumann report: “The county’s pavement preservation specialist says Hurricane Ivan…
Luke defends GOP, of course
 WCOA’s Angry Old White Man – Luke McCoy – defended the Republican Party in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal on Monday radio show. Of course, he completely botched all…
Two FL papers had Foley emails…did nothing
Last November, the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald had copies of the Foley emails and chose not to print them. St. Pete Times: The ex-page wouldn’t go on the record, and…
Why was Foley in Pensacola Feb 2003?
According to the PNJ archives: Rep. Mark Foley was in Pensacola to dedicate a new $2300 computer system at the Escambia County Sheriff’s office with fellow Congressman Jeff Miller. The LOCATER system…
DIB shows off housing
DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD 2ND ANNUAL DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL OPEN HOUSE DIB Hosts Tours of Existing & Planned Downtown Residential Offerings PENSACOLA FL – On Sunday, October 8, 2006, the Downtown Improvement Board (DIB)…
Foley Cover-up Timeline
 The website ThinkProgress.com has come up with this timeline on the Foley coverup based on news reports. This will be a problem for the Republican Party. It will be interesting to…
Wal-Mart figures out how to keep cheap labor
Wal-Mart,the nation’s largest private employer, is capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more workers on nights and weekends. The NY TImes has an article on it in today’s edition: Wal-Mart…
Slate.com: Washington Buzz
Zeitgeist Checklist, Special Habeas Edition What Washington is talking about this week. By Dana Milbank Posted Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, at 7:30 PM ETKey Misjudgments War on terrorism. President Bush tries to…
Foley sent explicit text messages from Pensacola
This is just further proof that Pensacola is the nexus of the universe. Nearly every national news story has some link to this area. These Foley messages are explicit and leave little…
GOP leaders involved in Foley cover-up?
From NY TIMES: G.O.P. Aides Knew in Late 05 of E-Mail By CARL HULSE and RAYMOND HERNANDEZ Â WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 Â Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail traffic between Representative…